Peter Singer

Where this writer stands

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Recent work

• Opinion: Culture eats strategy: Overcoming Canada’s innovation barrierOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 9, 2025
• Opinion: For some terminally ill patients, participating in drug testing is a way to give backOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 30, 2025
• Opinion: Canadians can benefit from tumbling prices on weight-loss drugsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 9, 2025
• Opinion: Instead of leaving the WHO, the U.S. should improve itOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 16, 2025
• Opinion: The U.K.’s decision on assisted dying will allow Brits to make their own end-of-life decisionsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 8, 2024
• Opinion: Canada knows how to prepare for the next pandemic, but will we follow our own advice?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 20, 2024
• Opinion: Will we survive the next 100 years?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 23, 2024
• Opinion: A new malaria vaccine presents a bargain for saving livesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 11, 2023
• Opinion: A new malaria vaccine presents a bargain for saving livesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 11, 2023
• Opinion: The coming disruption of animal productionOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 14, 2023
• Opinion: The value of quitting while you’re aheadOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 15, 2023
• Opinion: Even if plants experience consciousness, that doesn’t mean we should stop eating themOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 17, 2022
• Opinion: Birds are more intelligent than ‘bird brain’ suggests. We need to look out for their preservationOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 23, 2021
• Opinion: Remember seat belts? Why vaccinations should be compulsoryOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 6, 2021
• Opinion | Sparking a new generation of Indigenous innovation will ultimately benefit us allOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 27, 2021
• Sparking a new generation of Indigenous innovation will ultimately benefit us allOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 27, 2021
• Opinion: Giving with the heart – and the headOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 10, 2020
• Opinion: Why should climbing an increasingly magic-less Mt. Everest be anyone’s Everest?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 5, 2019
• Whales are many things - but they are not a resource to be harvestedOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 10, 2019
• With veganism on the rise, is meat cooked?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 25, 2018
• The impossible migration dilemmaOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jul 8, 2018
• We should be hopping mad about Australia’s inhumane killing of kangaroosOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Mar 12, 2018
• Is violence the way to fight racism?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 24, 2017
• Is violence the way to fight racism?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 24, 2017
• Is violence the way to fight racism? Add to ...Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 24, 2017
• The dark side of empathyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 22, 2016
• The dark side of empathyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 22, 2016
• If insects have consciousness, what then?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · May 12, 2016
• As machines become smarter, can they also become ethical?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 14, 2016
• After VW: Ethical business and the question of honestyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 8, 2015
• After VW: Ethical business and the question of honestyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Oct 8, 2015
• To end the migrant crisis, give more support to refugeesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 1, 2015
• The best Mother’s Day gift: A child who reaches full potentialOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 8, 2014
• Why pay more? To be conspicuousOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 12, 2013
• Why pay more? To be conspicuousOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 12, 2013
• Why pay more? To be conspicuousOpinion · The Globe and Mail · May 12, 2013
• Should we live to 1,000?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 25, 2012
• Should we live to 1,000?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 25, 2012
• Canada's foreign aid: Building markets, not reliance? BoldOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 27, 2012
• Canada's foreign aid: Building markets, not reliance? BoldOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 27, 2012
• Canada's foreign aid: Building markets, not reliance? BoldOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 27, 2012
• Is it not time to ban this addictive and lethal drug?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 5, 2012
• Free fish from their pain and sufferingOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 22, 2012
• Millennium Development Goals: Broken promises, needless deathsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 22, 2012
• Free fish from their pain and sufferingOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 22, 2012
• Avoiding the temptation trapOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 21, 2012
• Avoiding the temptation trapOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 21, 2012
• He or she: Does gender really matter?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 16, 2012
• Opinion: He or she: Does gender really matter?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 16, 2012
• He or she: Does gender really matter?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Apr 16, 2012
• Is it not time to ban this addictive and lethal drug?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 11, 2011
• Is it not time to ban this addictive and lethal drug?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Nov 10, 2011
• Opinion: A planet for all apesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 12, 2011
• A planet for all apesOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Aug 12, 2011
• Free fish from their pain and sufferingOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Sep 12, 2010
• Is Canada ready for bioterrorism?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 18, 2010
• Is Canada ready for bioterrorism?Opinion · The Globe and Mail · Feb 18, 2010
• When robots want rightsOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Dec 29, 2009